Picklz
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Project Das Goat
I've been asked about details of Das Goat (My 04' GTO) on a few occasions, and I have some mods that I'm planning that we have been discussing in the chatbox which need further discussion so I figured a thread was in order. I'll start with background of the car and how it stands today then move into mod discussion!
Car is an 04' GTO, Red w/ Black interior (has the door/dash/trim panels from a red interiored GTO) I had a black 04 back in 2005 and really liked the car, this one already had a few of the annoances of the car fixed or improved and also had a lot of the mods I would do to the car already done, that along with the price made it the car to buy for me. It was a California car so I flew out and drove it back (getting stuck in a Blizzard in TEXAS on the way back, FML).
Here's what the car had done to it when I picked it up:
FAST 92mm Intake Manifold, NickWilliams TB, TrickFlow 215 CNC Heads, 36lb Injectors, Upgraded Valvetrain, CompCams 226/226 .569/.569 114 LSA Cam, Kooks 1 7/8" LT Headers, Basanni Split Dual Exhaust, ASP Underdrive Pully, AMW Catch Can, MSD Plug Wires, 160* Stat, LS2 Timing Chain, LS4 Oil Pump, Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Intake, 3.91 Gears, B&M Shifter, 05' Hood, SAP Front Grills, SAP Front Bumper, SAP Sideskirts, SAP Rear Bumper, Pedders Springs, Struts, and Radius Rod Bushings, Ruff Racing 280 Wheels (18x8.5 and 18.9.5), and some other Misc stuff.
Couple Pictars
Inside:
Back:
Front (Taken before I left Cali):
Car made 422whp @ MAP this spring through 3.91 gears which generally read ~10hp lower than stock gearing, seemed like the clutch was holding up alright as well. I want to get a HPTuners setup and retune the car as well as check on the rev limiter, I had them shut down at about 6300rpm on the Dyno, I may redyno after tuning and push to 6500-6800 as the Cam that is in there def. likes the higher RPM's, all in all the car is sitting power wise about where I expected for the mods that it has.
Dyno Sheet:
Video:
[video=youtube;OVs9mXtC0jc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVs9mXtC0jc[/video]
Fast forward a couple months, sometime in June the transmission locked up on me, I pulled it out (thanks for the help Jay!) and tore it apart to find the reverse gear needle bearing had been all but destroyed causing the reverse gear to nearly seize to the mainshaft. There were a few other worn/damaged items as well. I wrestled with the idea of just rebuilding the trans and selling the car, possibly buying a z06. But I really like the look of the car as it sits, and enjoy driving it, so I decide just investing some money into it and keeping it was the way to go.
The car has around 50,000 on it, and the stock clutch
being its dealing with nearly 500bhp I decided that had to get replaced along with the transmission. So at this point I have ordered a Level 3 monster clutch, pilot and throwout bearings, Billet Flywheel, New Slave Cylinder and a Remote Bleeder. Also ordered a RedLineGoods shift boot, E-brake boot, and Arm Rest covers to match the rest of the red/black interior.
On Tuesday or Wednesday of this week I'll be placing my order for the Level IV RPM Transmission.
Im also consideiring a new shifter setup. It has a B&M shifter which has gotten less than stellar reviews from nearly everyone in the GTO community, and I don't much care for it. The GMM Ripshifter and Billet Products shifter both seem a lot nicer but are rather spendy so I haven't decided if I'm going to pull the trigger on those yet.
The battery also needs replacing, planning on putting in an Optima but if anyone has other ideas/suggestions feel free to offer them up.
Future Plans:
As far as power goes, I'm pretty much at the end of the line for cheap/easy power if I want to keep the car streetable (which I do). My options are either more cubes or a power adder of some sort (supercharger, turbo(s), or Nitrous). I'd love a supercharger, but for this platform they are silly expensive, and I'd likely be tacking on some upgraded internals to do that in addition to the S/C. Turbos are kind of the same story. So that leaves me investigating the cubes/nitrous options. I'm open to suggestions / comments on the options. None of this would be done this year, though it's possible depending on what route I decide to go that I would start on it late in the winter or next summer.
In the mean time I'm planning on focusing on some support / improvement mods such as fuel system and brakes till I figure out what to do about MOAR power. I also want to clean up the engine bay and dress it up a little which brings us to the end of this post.
I've been asked about details of Das Goat (My 04' GTO) on a few occasions, and I have some mods that I'm planning that we have been discussing in the chatbox which need further discussion so I figured a thread was in order. I'll start with background of the car and how it stands today then move into mod discussion!
Car is an 04' GTO, Red w/ Black interior (has the door/dash/trim panels from a red interiored GTO) I had a black 04 back in 2005 and really liked the car, this one already had a few of the annoances of the car fixed or improved and also had a lot of the mods I would do to the car already done, that along with the price made it the car to buy for me. It was a California car so I flew out and drove it back (getting stuck in a Blizzard in TEXAS on the way back, FML).
Here's what the car had done to it when I picked it up:
FAST 92mm Intake Manifold, NickWilliams TB, TrickFlow 215 CNC Heads, 36lb Injectors, Upgraded Valvetrain, CompCams 226/226 .569/.569 114 LSA Cam, Kooks 1 7/8" LT Headers, Basanni Split Dual Exhaust, ASP Underdrive Pully, AMW Catch Can, MSD Plug Wires, 160* Stat, LS2 Timing Chain, LS4 Oil Pump, Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Intake, 3.91 Gears, B&M Shifter, 05' Hood, SAP Front Grills, SAP Front Bumper, SAP Sideskirts, SAP Rear Bumper, Pedders Springs, Struts, and Radius Rod Bushings, Ruff Racing 280 Wheels (18x8.5 and 18.9.5), and some other Misc stuff.
Couple Pictars
Inside:
Back:
Front (Taken before I left Cali):
Car made 422whp @ MAP this spring through 3.91 gears which generally read ~10hp lower than stock gearing, seemed like the clutch was holding up alright as well. I want to get a HPTuners setup and retune the car as well as check on the rev limiter, I had them shut down at about 6300rpm on the Dyno, I may redyno after tuning and push to 6500-6800 as the Cam that is in there def. likes the higher RPM's, all in all the car is sitting power wise about where I expected for the mods that it has.
Dyno Sheet:
Video:
[video=youtube;OVs9mXtC0jc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVs9mXtC0jc[/video]
Fast forward a couple months, sometime in June the transmission locked up on me, I pulled it out (thanks for the help Jay!) and tore it apart to find the reverse gear needle bearing had been all but destroyed causing the reverse gear to nearly seize to the mainshaft. There were a few other worn/damaged items as well. I wrestled with the idea of just rebuilding the trans and selling the car, possibly buying a z06. But I really like the look of the car as it sits, and enjoy driving it, so I decide just investing some money into it and keeping it was the way to go.
The car has around 50,000 on it, and the stock clutch
being its dealing with nearly 500bhp I decided that had to get replaced along with the transmission. So at this point I have ordered a Level 3 monster clutch, pilot and throwout bearings, Billet Flywheel, New Slave Cylinder and a Remote Bleeder. Also ordered a RedLineGoods shift boot, E-brake boot, and Arm Rest covers to match the rest of the red/black interior. On Tuesday or Wednesday of this week I'll be placing my order for the Level IV RPM Transmission.
Im also consideiring a new shifter setup. It has a B&M shifter which has gotten less than stellar reviews from nearly everyone in the GTO community, and I don't much care for it. The GMM Ripshifter and Billet Products shifter both seem a lot nicer but are rather spendy so I haven't decided if I'm going to pull the trigger on those yet.
The battery also needs replacing, planning on putting in an Optima but if anyone has other ideas/suggestions feel free to offer them up.
Future Plans:
As far as power goes, I'm pretty much at the end of the line for cheap/easy power if I want to keep the car streetable (which I do). My options are either more cubes or a power adder of some sort (supercharger, turbo(s), or Nitrous). I'd love a supercharger, but for this platform they are silly expensive, and I'd likely be tacking on some upgraded internals to do that in addition to the S/C. Turbos are kind of the same story. So that leaves me investigating the cubes/nitrous options. I'm open to suggestions / comments on the options. None of this would be done this year, though it's possible depending on what route I decide to go that I would start on it late in the winter or next summer.
In the mean time I'm planning on focusing on some support / improvement mods such as fuel system and brakes till I figure out what to do about MOAR power. I also want to clean up the engine bay and dress it up a little which brings us to the end of this post.
